Most people won’t demand any of that if gas is cheap. It requires political will to get public transit built and funded.

Increasing the price of carbon means people will have an incentive to stop generating so much of it. If it’s free to put another ton of CO2 into the atmosphere many people won’t think twice about doing it.

As an American who has waited a full workday in an emergency room for the privilege to then get a mystery bill that seems to be the product of a random number generator, don’t privatize your healthcare.